Montage
A Democratic Landscape
Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park
In a Farmer’s Long Beard
Miriam Udel’s passion for children and Yiddish children’s literature
Family History
A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Yearning for an Upswing
In search of optimism, a sweeping interpretation of American social history
by Idrees Kahloon
No One Deserves a Spot at Harvard
Michael Sandel makes the case against meritocracy.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
An Embodied Voice
Adriana Colón forges aural connections.
by Matteo Wong
An Education Agenda
Derek Bok on curriculum reform
“A Kind of Justice in the World”
Ian K. Smith’s turn toward detective fiction
by Lydialyle Gibson